Facing Asia - Japan's Role in the Political and Economic Dynamism of Regional Cooperation
Facing Asia - Japan's Role in the Political and Economic Dynamism of Regional Cooperation

Author: Blechinger, Verena

Publisher: IUDICIUM Verlag

Published: 2000-05-04

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 3891295065

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Facing Asia examines the political and economic processes of regionalism and regionalization in Asia with a focus on Japan and Japanese actors. The articles by eminent scholars address the forces that tie the region together. They treat topics ranging from Japanese bilateral and multilateral ODA and the activities of state and non-state actors on the regional level to issues such as Japanese multinational corporations, foreign direct investment in Asia, and regional financial institutions. Methodologically, the authors draw on disciplinary strengths in either the social sciences or economics while organizing their treatment around a shared political-economic perspective. By looking at Asia through an interdisciplinary lens, the volume offers something to anyone interested in Japanese involvement in the politics and economics of the region. In the final chapter, the editors weave together the different approaches to Japan's place in Asian regional cooperation in the 1990s and beyond.

Asia Pacific Fusion
Asia Pacific Fusion

Author: Yōichi Funabashi

Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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Japanese journalist Yoichi Funabashi has written the first in-depth study of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum based on extensive interviews with heads of state and government officials in the region. A key force behind APEC, he argues, is a potential "fusion" of Asia-Pacific civilizations propelled by the region s dynamic economic integration. He recounts APEC s six-year history, assesses its potential, and examines the power politics of the region. Released just before the Osaka summit hosted by Japan in November 1995, this book looks closely at Japan's interests in APEC and its relations with countries in the region. It provides an intellectual framework for the future evolution of APEC itself and for Japan's role in that institution.

Japan at the Summit
Japan at the Summit

Author: Shiro Saito

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1351372580

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This book, first published in 1990 and written from a Japanese perspective, examines the gradual transformation of Japan's traditional role in world politics since the Second World War. With Japan's postwar economic success came calls from many quarters for it to match its economic involvement with an equal commitment to international political relations. The book discusses in detail the realization by Japan's leadership that international cooperation must take place on many diverse levels, and focuses on Japan's involvement in Western affairs during the 1980s, through participation in the seven-power economic and political summits and dialogue at the meetings of ASEAN.

Japan and the Asian Pacific Region
Japan and the Asian Pacific Region

Author: Masahide Shibusawa

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1351377744

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This book, first published in 1984, examines the spectacular economic growth of the Asia Pacific region in the 1970s and 1980s. How did a group of non-Western nations, in an area plagued by war, achieve such success, so quickly? Japan was the driving force in the region, and a dominant influence on the world economy, but had no clearly defined role in the politics of the region or the world. This book considers Japan’s position, the problems it faced and how it perceived and responded to events in the region. It provides clues to understanding the basic pattern of Japan’s relations, its evolving role in the region and the world, and how this role might develop in the future.

Promoting Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Promoting Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Author: Y. Deng

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1997-06-30

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0230380123

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Attempts to integrate the Pacific regional economy accelerated sharply with the formation of the regionwide, official Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in 1989. This book probes into the distinctive process of regional cooperation in Asia-Pacific by focusing on the roles and perspectives of China, Japan, and Southeast Asian states. Asian developments shaping the new post-hegemonic global political economy challenge traditional models in international relations, which is here challenged to take East Asia seriously.

Japan's Role in Asia
Japan's Role in Asia

Author: Hua Sing Lim

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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Focusing especially on newly industrializing economies and the regional group ASEAN, Sing (Asian-Pacific studies, Waseda U., Japan) examines the dynamics of the relationship between Japan and Asia, and her influence and involvement in regard to investment development aid, trade frictions, and non-tariff barriers.